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"Find me cards equivalent to: Counterbore"

Here are equivalent cards to Counterbore that are blue instants, counter spells, and exile all cards with the same name:

  • Hideous End does not fit.
  • Counterbore (the original)
  • Summary Dismissal: Exiles all spells and abilities on the stack, but does not search for cards with the same name.
  • Extirpate, Surgical Extraction, and Cranial Extraction are black, not blue.

Closest blue equivalents:

  • Counterbore
  • Meddle (counters and manipulates, but no exile/search)
  • No direct blue instant fully matches Counterbore’s unique exile/seach effect.


Reason:
No other blue instant does exactly what Counterbore does. The card is uniquely powerful for its mix of countering and exiling all copies.

Found Cards

7 Results

Counterbore

Cranial Extraction

Extirpate

Hideous End

Meddle

Summary Dismissal

Surgical Extraction

Counterbore #30 Instant

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    Rules

  • Counterbore has no effect on cards on the battlefield that have the same name as the targeted spell.
  • If the spell’s controller isn’t the same as its owner (due to Commandeer, for example), it won’t be exiled. The spell is countered and put into its owner’s graveyard. Then the spell’s controller’s graveyard, hand, and library are searched.
  • If the targeted spell can’t be countered (it’s Vexing Shusher, for example), that spell will remain on the stack. Counterbore will continue to resolve. You still get to search for and exile all other cards with that name.
  • In most cases, Counterbore will exile the targeted spell. Its first sentence counters the spell, which puts it into its owner’s graveyard. Its second sentence then removes it from the graveyard. However, there are some exceptions to this, as listed below.
  • The cards you’re searching for must be found if they’re in the graveyard, because that’s a zone everyone can see. Finding those cards in the hand and library is optional, though.

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    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Counter target spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that spell and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

    Cranial Extraction #105 Sorcery — Arcane

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
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    Cardkingdom / 6.99 USD 0.69 USD
    Cardmarket 0.24 EUR / 1.75 EUR
    Manapool / 1.87 USD 0.31 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.6 USD / 2.43 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Choose a nonland card name. Search target player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with that name and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

    Extirpate #84 Instant

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  • After a spell with split second resolves (or otherwise leaves the stack), players may again cast spells and activate abilities before the next object on the stack resolves.
  • Because the first step of casting a spell is to move it from the zone it's in, Extirpate can't be used to stop a spell with flashback from being cast after its controller has announced that they're casting it.
  • Casting a spell with split second won't affect spells and abilities that are already on the stack.
  • If the resolution of a triggered ability involves casting a spell, that spell can't be cast if a spell with split second is on the stack.
  • Players may turn face-down creatures face up while a spell with split second is on the stack.
  • Players still get priority while a card with split second is on the stack; their options are just limited to mana abilities and certain special actions.
  • Split second doesn't stop triggered abilities from triggering, such as that of Chalice of the Void. If one does, its controller puts it on the stack and chooses targets for it, if any. Those abilities will resolve as normal.
  • You don't have to find and exile cards with the same name as the target card in its owner's hand or library if you don't want to, but you do have to exile the cards from the player's graveyard.

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    Cardkingdom 1.79 USD / 4.99 USD
    Manapool 0.59 USD / 9.25 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.57 USD / 5.3 USD
    Cardmarket / 4.43 EUR 0.93 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Choose target card in a graveyard other than a basic land card. Search its owner's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

    Hideous End #52 Instant

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    Converted Cost: 3
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  • If the targeted creature is an illegal target by the time Hideous End resolves, the entire spell doesn’t resolve. No one loses life.

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    Cardmarket 0.1 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Destroy target nonblack creature. Its controller loses 2 life.

    Meddle #92 Instant

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    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Only works on spells with a single target, where that target is a creature. Will not work on spells that target a single creature and a player, for example.

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    Tcgplayer / 0.97 USD 0.16 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.39 USD / 0.99 USD
    Cardmarket 0.14 EUR / 2.28 EUR
    Manapool / 0.79 USD 0.15 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    If target spell has only one target and that target is a creature, change that spell's target to another creature.

    Summary Dismissal #92 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
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  • Only activated and triggered abilities on the stack are countered. Static abilities of objects remain unaffected, and activated and triggered abilities of objects may be activated or may trigger again later in the turn. Spells and abilities that have already resolved aren’t affected.
  • Spells that can’t be countered are exiled by Summary Dismissal. They won’t resolve.

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    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Exile all other spells andcounterall abilities.

    Surgical Extraction #2003 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
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    Rules

  • "Any number of cards" means just that. If you wish, you can choose to leave some or all of the cards with the same name as the targeted card, including that card, in the zone they're in.
  • A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.
  • As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.
  • If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
  • Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
  • To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.

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    Cardkingdom / 4.49 USD 3.49 USD
    Manapool / 2.05 USD 2.08 USD
    Cardmarket 3.98 EUR / 4.43 EUR
    Tcgplayer 2.94 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    ( can be paid with either or 2 life.) Choose target card in a graveyard other than a basic land card. Search its owner's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.